{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://maloy.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=1798", "Maloy and Auchincloss Introduce Deepfake Liability Act", "2025-12-03", "2025", "2025-12", "Republican", "House", "UT", "Celeste Maloy", "M001228", "maloy.house.gov", "maloy", "https://maloy.house.gov/news/documentquery.aspx?DocumentTypeID=27", "scraper", "On Monday, Representatives Celeste Maloy (R-UT) and Jake Auchincloss (D-MA) introduced the Deepfake Liability Act, aimed at addressing the rapid rise of nonconsensual deepfake pornography and the online tools that enable it. Women and teenage girls are the overwhelming targets of these abuses, which now make up the vast majority of deepfake content online.\n\n\u201cAbusive deepfakes and cyberstalking are harming people across the country, and victims deserve real help. Our bill creates a straightforward duty of care and a reliable process to remove harmful content when victims ask for help,\u201d said Congresswoman Celeste Maloy. \u201cCompanies that take this seriously will keep their protections under the law. Those that do nothing will be held accountable.\u201d\n\nThe bill amends Section 230 by conditioning a platform\u2019s liability protections on meeting a clear duty of care. Platforms would be required to take basic steps to prevent cyberstalking and abusive deepfakes, respond to reports from victims, investigate credible complaints, and remove harmful content that violates individuals\u2019 privacy. The legislation also clarifies that AI-generated content does not qualify for Section 230 immunity.\n\n\u201cAI shouldn\u2019t have special privileges & immunities that journalists don\u2019t get,\u201d said Congressman Jake Auchincloss. \u201cUsing bots or deepfakes to violate or stalk another person is reprehensible, and it needs to be a CEO-level problem for the trillion-dollar social media corporations that platform it. Congress needs to get ahead of this growing problem, instead of being left in the dust like we were with social media.\u201d\n\nThe Deepfake Liability Act incorporates the notice and removal framework from the Take It Down Act. It outlines requirements for reporting processes, investigation procedures, timely removal of unlawful material, and data logging to ensure victims can access information needed for legal action.", 1, "2026-04-04T05:28:40Z", "2026-04-06T20:09:11Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["https://maloy.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=1798"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.8181929588317871, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}